ETF comparison

BNDXvsIGOV

Both International Bond.

Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · iShares International Treasury Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
41.5%

823 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BNDX and IGOV would leave roughly41.5%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BNDX only 57.3%Shared 41.5%IGOV only 53.8%
In BNDX only
5,886 positions
Shared
823 positions
In IGOV only
89 positions

Side by side

BNDX

Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Bond

87composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.070%
Net assets
$123.03B
TTM yield
4.66%
Top-10 conc.
4.3%
IGOV

iShares International Treasury Bond ETF

iShares · International Bond

69composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.35%
Net assets
$1.55B
TTM yield
1.43%
Top-10 conc.
4.0%

Sub-score comparison

93
Cost
65
51
Tax efficiency
58
100
Liquidity
65
100
Concentration
100
Tracking quality
BNDXsub-scoreIGOV

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

BNDX is 28 bps cheaper than IGOV. On a $100,000 position that's about $280/yr more in fees for IGOV.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with BNDX vs IGOV.

Top shared holdings

823 shared in total
#HoldingIn BNDXIn IGOVOverlap
1French Republic Government Bond OAT0.39%0.29%0.29%
2French Republic Government Bond OAT0.28%0.28%0.28%
3French Republic Government Bond OAT0.25%0.28%0.25%
4United Kingdom Gilt0.37%0.25%0.25%
5French Republic Government Bond OAT0.23%0.28%0.23%
6French Republic Government Bond OAT0.23%0.24%0.23%
7French Republic Government Bond OAT0.24%0.23%0.23%
8French Republic Government Bond OAT0.23%0.25%0.23%
9United Kingdom Gilt0.38%0.22%0.22%
10French Republic Government Bond OAT0.21%0.22%0.21%
11United Kingdom Gilt0.36%0.21%0.21%
12French Republic Government Bond OAT0.25%0.21%0.21%

Only in BNDX

5,886 total
  • Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau0.21%
  • European Union0.21%
  • Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe0.20%
  • French Republic Government Bond OAT0.18%
  • European Union0.15%
  • European Union0.15%
  • Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe0.14%
  • Spain Government Bond0.13%
  • European Union0.12%
  • Korea Treasury Bond0.12%

Only in IGOV

89 total
  • Ireland Government Bonds0.38%
  • Bundesobligation0.34%
  • Israel Government Bonds - Fixed0.29%
  • Finland Government Bonds0.27%
  • Portugal Obrigacoes do Tesouro OT0.26%
  • Ireland Government Bonds0.24%
  • Republic of Austria Government Bonds0.24%
  • Finland Government Bonds0.23%
  • Netherlands Government Bonds0.22%
  • Finland Government Bonds0.21%

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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see/methodology/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.